Investigating Power
As charitable bail funds have expanded across the country, allowing people to get out of jail without the help of the commercial bail industry, the American Bail Coalition has increasingly targeted the funds. As a report by the watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy found in March, the lobbying group published model policy on its website […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism
Adams was one of 18 county election board members in Georgia who were named in a report by the Center for Media and Democracy. She refused to certify two primary elections earlier this year and is a regional coordinator for the Election Integrity Network, which has recruited election deniers in swing states to target local […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
A report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) found “[a]t least 35 current county election officials” that have voted against certifying an election in the past. Public Wise, Informing Democracy, and the Center for Media and Democracy identified dozens of additional election officials that have “promot[ed] election denialism or amplif[ied] unsubstantiated claims […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
All this takes place as the number of election deniers and conspiracy theorists is growing in official capacities related to the election, including 102 overseeing elections on state and county boards in battleground states, according to a recent report by the Center for Media and Democracy.
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
At least 35 current county election officials have a track record of voting against certification, according to a recent report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Dozens of new election officials have also been flagged by Public Wise, Informing Democracy, and the Center for Media and Democracy for promoting election denialism or amplifying […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
The Center for Media and Democracy, a progressive nonprofit watchdog group, published a report this month claiming that more than 230 officials in eight states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — have denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election or have spread claims of widespread voter fraud.
“He was greatly responsible for moving our federal court systems to the right,” said David Armiak, the research director for Center for Media and Democracy, a watchdog group tracking money in politics, of Leo. CRC Advisors’ work with AEI, Armiak said, seemed “to delegitimize a group that’s seeking to inform judges or the judicial system […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism
According to a recent study by the Center for Media and Democracy, there are 102 election deniers on election boards in eight battleground states. These election deniers, the study found, have majority power in 15 counties in battleground states, including seven in the critical state of Pennsylvania.
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Environment
The new investigation by the Guardian builds on previous reporting by Documented, the Intercept, HuffPo, the Center for Media and Democracy and the International Center for Non-Profit Law that points to corporate lobbyists and state lawmakers working in cahoots to make organising against fossil fuel projects that are driving the climate emergency increasingly legally risky.
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
The Center for Media and Democracy released a report on September 13 identifying 239 Republican election administrators, candidates and party leaders across eight critical swing states who denied the 2020 election results, refused to certify previous elections, or spread misleading claims about widespread voter fraud. The number of “election deniers” overseeing the 2024 elections is […]